Golf tee



Dec-1'8, 1928.

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Azno A. 003cm, 01 HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

GOLF TEE.

Application filed April 12, 1928. Serial No. 269,561.

This invention relates to game apparatus and more particularly to a teeemployed to support a golf ball.

One object of the invention is to provide a tee having a markerconnected therewith which may have the owners name written upon it andserve as identifying means and may also serve to permit the tee to beeasily found it it should be accidentally struck when driving a golfball.

Another object of the invention is to connect the marker with the tee bymeans of a cord or the like and to prevent the cord from sliding throughan opening formed in the tee to receive the cord.

Another object of the invention is to provi de the cord with a loop oreye at one side of the tee when forming knots to prevent the cord fromslipping through an opening or passage in the tee and by means of whichthe a suitable material may be employed and is drilled to provide anopening or passage 2 which extends diametrically through the tee inspacedrelation to its upper and lower ends. It will be obvious that, ifthe tee is formed of molded rubber 01' the like, the passage could beformed during the process of molding.

The marker 3 is preferably formed of cloth or the like having aconspicuous color which may be easily seen, and this marker is connected with the tee by means of a cord 4 which is doubled intermediateits length and has its doubled portion Waxed so that it may be easilypassedthrough the passage or opening 2' formed in the tee. Afterthe'doubled cord has been passed throughthe tee, itis knotted, asshownfat 5, to provide an abuts ment and also form anieye or loop 6which projects from the teen This loop which is waxed will project fromthe tee, as shown 1n the drawing and may be employed to suspend the teefrom a hook in a locker or pin upon a show card in a store. i

After the knot 5 has beenformed, the cord is drawn upon until its knotis in close contacting engagement with the tee and the end portions ofthe cord a re then knotted together against the tee at the opposite endof the passage, as shown at 7, and the ends of the cord brought togetherand applied to the marker 3 where they are secured by stitches, as shownat 8, or in any other desired manner. It will thus be seen that themarker will'be connected with the tee by a doubled cord which will bestrong and not liable to easily break.

WVhen the tee is in use, it is placed upon the ground in the usualmanner with the cord and marker carried thereby extending from the teeat one side thereof, as shown in Fig. 1. The ball is placed upon theconcave upper end 9 of the tee and is driven from the tee by a golfclub. If the club should accidentally strike the tee when making a driveand the tee should fall into tall grass or the like, the marker 3 willusually remain above the grass and since it is formed of cloth having aconspicuous color it may be easily seen. It will, therefore, be easy tofind the tee. If the tee should become lost and found by another person,the owners name which may be written upon the marker jwill serve asidentifying means and it can be returned to the owner. After a game hasbeen played, the tee may be suspended in a locker by engaging the eye orloop 6 with a hook or the like and thecord and marker will becomethoroughly dried Therefore, the cord will not be liable to rot. It willalso be obvious that the tee may be suspended from a pin carried by adisplay board in a store and may, therefore, be prominently displayed.Having thus described the invention, I claim: a

l. A golf tee having a transverse passage formed therethroughintermediate its top and bottom, a marker, and a cord doubledintermediate its length and having its doubled portion passed throughthe passage and formed With knots engagingthe tee at opposite sidesthereof, the free endsof the cord bemg secured to said marker and thedoubled portion of the cord'projecting from the opposite side of the teefrom the marker forming a loop whereby the tee may be suspended from asupgort.

2. golf tee having a transverse passage 1 formed therethroughintermediate its top and bottom, a marker, and a cord doubledintermediate its length and passed through the passage and knottedtoprovide :1 loop projectin g transversely from the tee, the end portionsof the cord being tied together to form a knot at the other side of thetee with the knots contacting with the tee at opposite ends of thepassage, the ends of the cord being secured to said marker.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

AZRO A. COBURN. [L. s]

